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The War is over

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The Cold War begins immediately

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The Cold War Two super-powers emerge after WWII United States vs Soviet Union Capitalism vs Communism

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It is a war of Nuclear threatsthreats

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Both societies are completely opposed economically and politically. AmericaSoviet Union Two party systemOne party elections DemocraticAutocratic / Dictatorship CapitalistCommunist Survival of the fittestEverybody helps everybody Richest world powerPoor economic base Corporate control disguised as Personal freedom Society controlled by the Communist Party & Secret Police Media controlled by the wealthy Government control of the media

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The two never go to war but back disputes and wars all over the world for the next 50 years

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Communism is determined to spread and Capitalism is determined to stop it from spreading.

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Communism takes hold in impoverished countries

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Many impoverished countries have brutal dictators put in place with Capitalist support

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Brutal Dictators were also put in place by Communists

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1945: East and West Germany are segregated and militarized 1949 : NATO established 1949: USSR exploded her first A-bomb; 1949: China becomes communist 1950 : Korean War started.

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1952 : USA exploded the first hydrogen bomb. 1953 : Korean War ended. 1953: USSR exploded their first hydrogen bomb.bomb. 1955 : Warsaw Pact created.

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1957 : Sputnik launched.Sputnik 1959 : Cuba becomes a communist state. 1961 : Military aid sent to Vietnam by USA for the first time. 1961 Berlin Wall built. 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion 1962 : Cuban Missile Crisis. 1963 : Huge increase of American aid to Vietnam.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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To this day you will only see pre-embargo American cars in Cuba

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And you cant legally buy Cuban cigars in the U.S.

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1965 : USA openly involved in Vietnam.Vietnam.

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1968 : USSR invades Czechoslovakia.

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1973 Americans withdraw from Vietnam

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1979 : USSR invaded Afghanistan.

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1986 : Meeting in Iceland between USSR (Gorbachev) and USA (Reagan). 1987 : INF Treaty signed. The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter- Range Missiles.

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1989: Berlin Wall comes down

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1990: The Cold War Ends

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1991: Soviet Union Implodes

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One Super power is left

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Whats Next? War on TerrorTerror

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U.S. invades Iraq 2001

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The U.S. uses spying,terror and torture through out the world.

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Cold War II 2014 Russia annexes Crimean region of the Ukraine

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NATO imposes sanctions on Russia

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NATO also mobilizes armed forces as a show of force and intimidation.

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Russia is not intimidated

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Expansion in Ukraine continues

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